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Shape Risk and Resilience at Barclays – As a Controls Partner, VP, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the bank’s risk and control framework. You will perform a leadership function in assessing adherence to Barclays’ standards, evaluating the integrity of existing controls, and identifying gaps that could impact operational, financial, or reputational risk. Working within the USCB Chief Controls Office, you’ll collaborate with business partners to review remediation plans and design new solutions where needed — making a direct impact on safeguarding the bank and supporting its long-term resilience. You’ll also contribute to documenting “end to end” processes, controls, reporting, and governance, ensuring seamless integration into Barclays’ control systems.
Job Responsibility:
Assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk
Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings
Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations
Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders
Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice
Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change
Plan resources, budgets, and policies
manage and maintain policies/ processes
deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard
OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction
They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments
They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives
In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes
Requirements:
A background in financial services with experience in risk oversight and control activities, including issue resolution, documentation of safeguards, and Risk and Control Self-Assessment
The ability to oversee and coordinate projects and workstreams in a matrixed environment
The ability to review processes, recognize potential risks, and establish the safeguards needed to reduce those risks. This includes evaluating requirements within Barclays Standards and ensuring existing documented safeguards meet expectations
Demonstrated the ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to successfully complete assignments
Nice to have:
Prior gap assessment experience (preferred)
FinTech experience (preferred)
Prior Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) experience
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working
Flexible working arrangements
Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
Wellness experience
Opportunities for social connection, nourishing food and drinks, and dynamic working
Bespoke events, initiatives, activities and growth opportunities
Thoughtfully planned spaces for individual work, collaboration, socializing, and wellbeing